Very Cool also Very Civilized (suppressor) ....

 

Like the Sauer and R8 to shoot. Hater R8 safety. Both topped with Zeiss Conquest HDs. Both suppressed. Both were accurate. I'd prefer a Tikka T3 over them both.

Scotland is pure hunting. You won't like it if you horn hunt because the are free, eat what they can and fight. Most horns are spikes or broke or other. I managed to harvest a very nice hart of 10, that was uniformed and worn. Euro Mount. The Sika was old and spike. Rare to see these and the Roe was a spike. Spike to key chains. Hinds were shot as much as we could. There Moto is put bullets in and let the dogs sort it out. Hard to find, always moving. Odd shots at distance off sticks. Follow up off hand shots. If you like pure hunting you'd love this. Now the weather. It changes every 20-30 minutes and is crap all the time. Cold, wet and windy. Rain, fog, mist. Rain can go sideways to drizzle. Then clouds break and a rainbow. Everything is always wet. Fun to hunt. What made this one of my best trips was the scenery. It really made no difference if I harvested anything. What I saw can't really be described. Oh and I hunted Muntjac in middle England. The weather was terrible two hunts in pouring rain. I wasn't able to get a shot as they are small and always on the move. They stayed in cover in the rain. My friend got a nice buck. I'll go back for these as well as lower England Fallow. I went to the Westley Richards factory and learned what real wealth purchases in rifles and shotguns...lolz. London was fun as always. Harrods coffee bar Mocha is probably the best I've ever had.

Great condition report. I wish more guys included these

 

I could sum it up this way. Rain, wind, more rain and wind, cold and damp.

 

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I had no idea there was still land like that there.
The highland cow... that's hilarious! I immediately think of cattle out west harassing my elk hunts. LOL! Great trip.

 

I had no idea there was still land like that there.
The highland cow... that's hilarious! I immediately think of cattle out west harassing my elk hunts. LOL! Great trip.

The cows and sheep were everywhere. They mostly where in the fields below the tree line heading towards the lochs. They were not particularly aggressive, but I didn’t try to pet the fuzzy cows.

I do have a great sheep staling story though.

 

Nice write up! Amazing scenery and it looks like you had an amazing time!

 

Yes, I will go back again. It should be on everyone's bucket list for hunts at least once.

 

Incredible
Fantastic
Good for you

 

I was in northern England back in the mid 90s working with. group in a national park. We all got to hate the constant sound of sheep bleating out of the fog on the moor.

Looks like a great hunt. Glad you had fun.

 

I was in northern England back in the mid 90s working with. group in a national park. We all got to hate the constant sound of sheep bleating out of the fog on the moor.

Looks like a great hunt. Glad you had fun.

They have ok looking women there.

 

They have ok looking women there.

Yep, I saw some rather nice examples, but the Belarussian ballerina in the international student group had my attention. Ah to be young again.

 

Gorgeous place but it would be horrible to live there 300 yrs ago w that climate..you’d stay wet and cold your entire life🙈

 

Yes, I thought the same thing. Braveheart and The Highlander kept coming to mind....LOL

I did ask how they started fires, if they got trapped in the forest after dark, since everything is wet 24/7. They showed me a plant that grows on the trees called lichen. It dries out in about 10 minutes in your pocket and can be lit with flint or a lighter to get a fire started.

 

Great report and pictures. I hope you don't mind us living vicariously through you.

I have a dream to hunt the Dark Continent one day.

Thanks for sharing!

 

Great report and pictures. I hope you don't mind us living vicariously through you.

I have a dream to hunt the Black Continent one day.

Thanks for sharing!

I am living proof that anyone can do anything in America. It just takes time, commitment, a good attitude, a little luck and the ability to dust one's self off after a failure and keep going.

Make your mind up to do it.

 

Absolutely, I agree 100%.

 

I've been to the highlands a couple times. My name came to the US from the Loch Ness area in 1635.
I didn't hunt anything, but I did see a very large red deer cross the road.

 

Like both the Sauer 202 and R8 to shoot. I hate the R8 safety. Both topped with Zeiss Conquest HDs. Both suppressed. Both were accurate. I'd prefer a Tikka T3 over them both.

Scotland is pure hunting. You won't like it if you horn hunt because the are free, eat what they can and fight. Most horns are spikes or broke or other. I managed to harvest a very nice hart of 10, that was uniformed and worn. Euro Mount. The Sika was old and spike. Rare to see these and the Roe was a spike. Spike to key chains. Hinds were shot as much as we could. There Moto is put bullets in and let the dogs sort it out. Hard to find, always moving. Odd shots at distance off sticks. Follow up off hand shots. If you like pure hunting you'd love this. Now the weather. It changes every 20-30 minutes and is crap all the time. Cold, wet and windy. Rain, fog, mist. Rain can go sideways to drizzle. Then clouds break and a rainbow. Everything is always wet. Fun to hunt. What made this one of my best trips was the scenery. It really made no difference if I harvested anything. What I saw can't really be described. Oh and I hunted Muntjac in middle England. The weather was terrible two hunts in pouring rain. I wasn't able to get a shot as they are small and always on the move. They stayed in cover in the rain. My friend got a nice buck. I'll go back for these as well as lower England Fallow. I went to the Westley Richards factory and learned what real wealth purchases in rifles and shotguns...lolz. London was fun as always. Harrods coffee bar Mocha is probably the best I've ever had.

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It’s a beautiful part of the country.

 

Small world! I know the exact place…

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It’s a beautiful part of the country.

What town/village did you stay in?

 

C****h

 

C*****h

Are you friends with Peter by any chance?

Ardbrecknish, just south west.

No, I didn’t meet him.

 

Great report and pictures. I hope you don't mind us living vicariously through you.

I have a dream to hunt the Black Continent one day.

Thanks for sharing!

I've never heard it that way.....I've only ever heard "the DARK continent"....named so by Europeans because the interior was hard to explore and unmapped for so very long.

 

Corrected, thanks.

I was thinking of hunting the Black Death on the Dark Continent.

 

I enjoyed Inveraray. The George was nice. Oben was nice, but had a bigger city feel. The people there weren’t as friendly.

 

Every time I ate at the George the food was very good. The bar has a nice cozy feel. I know what you mean about Oban…. the people can be hit and miss 😂 I generally dislike bigger towns so I used to avoid it whenever possible. Even so for a biggish town it wasn’t bad at all. The George street fish and chip shop used to be good. Also had good fish and chips at Norries a few times. Inveraray has a nice historical feel.

 

Loch Fyne oyster bar was good. Inveraray had a definite historic feel, right down to the Viking lookout tower. I enjoyed the jail tour. But it also had bus loads of tourist coming in so a lot of the stores were focused on ‘the Scottish‘ feel and cow related merchandise.. Dewars had a lot of nice outdoor clothes/footware and kit. Expensive though.

I did not have a bad fish a chips meal the entire time I was there.

 

Loch Fyne oyster bar was good. Inveraray had a definite historic feel, right down to the Viking lookout tower. I enjoyed the jail tour. But it also had bus loads of tourist coming in so a lot of the stores were focused on ‘the Scottish‘ feel and cow related merchandise.. Dewars had a lot of nice outdoor clothes/footware and kit. Expensive though.

I did not have a bad fish a chips meal the entire time I was there.

I’m glad to hear you enjoyed your time there and got to do some challenging deer stalking